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Daisy Kenyon

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Daisy Kenyon (Joan Crawford) is an artist living in Manhattan. She is in love with Dan (Dana Andrews), a busy lawyer who is unhappily married to the volatile Lucille (Ruth Warrick). While Daisy waits for Dan to get a divorce, she begins seeing Peter (Henry Fonda), a veteran recently returned from World War II. After Dan leaves town for a few weeks to defend a dispossessed Japanese-American, Daisy impetuously marries Peter. When Dan returns, the complicated affairs become even more tangled.
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Richard Brody The New Yorker Rarely have love and madness seemed so fruitfully allied. Jun 20, 2016 Full Review Dan Callahan Slant Magazine Fairly recently, Otto Preminger's Daisy Kenyon has been starting to get some of the acclaim and attention it deserves. Rated: 3.5/4 Mar 11, 2008 Full Review Yasser Medina Cinefilia Its melodrama has tiny moments that are illuminated by the presence of Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews and Henry Fonda, but I'm afraid there is nothing moving in the dilemmas of their love triangle. Full review in Spanish Rated: 6/10 Feb 10, 2022 Full Review Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm At the beginning of Daisy Kenyon, Joan Crawford is the sane one. Rated: 3.5/4 Jun 26, 2021 Full Review Fernando F. Croce CinePassion A scrupulously cooled romance and a portrait of a postwar nation, but first and foremost a fluid chart of thorny personal spaces brushing against each other Sep 2, 2014 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Though one of Preminger's weaker films, it's still interesting to watch as a sampler of the woman's picture and star vehicle for Joan Crwaford. Rated: C+ Mar 8, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Eileen H Slick production. Exceptional performance by Dana Andews as the cavalier cad. Absolutely ino chemistry between Crawford and Fonda. Joan is 10 years too old old for this role. Playing a 32 year old at 42 just doesn't work for Crawford. This miscasting ruins the film. It doesn't matter whether her performance is good, she's too old for the part. The novel has her character as a 32 year old looking to put down roots and have her own family. Joan here looks menopausal and the romantic scenes are forced. Fonda is miscast as well. He seems uncomfortable as the hapless heartbroken veteran, and Crawford's tough as nails personality is not soft enough to compliment their relationship. He never makes a good romantic lead, he is so stiff and awkward in roles requiring vulnerability. The drama drags on far too long, and the pacing is sluggish. Lucille, the long suffering wife of Andrew's is given short shift by the writers and is the most sympathetic character here. Meant as a star vehicle for Crawford, Dana Andrew's is the one who barely holds this mess together. He carried the movie. Worth watching for his performance, that's all. For a real tour de force featuring Crawford, watch Harriet Craig. Crawford essentially plays a caricature of herself. Her best film. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/29/25 Full Review Steve D The cast is better than the material. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/24 Full Review William R. P Martha Stewart? That Martha Stewart?Martha Stewart, Actress in ‘Daisy Kenyon' and ‘In a Lonely Place,' Dies at 98 She also sang with big bands and starred on stage as Miss Adelaide in 'Guys and Dolls.' guess not Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/04/23 Full Review Matthew R The most interesting of Crawford's, 40s Warner Bros. melodramas. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/11/23 Full Review Audience Member I don't like the story, but the performance is good. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Decent,but emotionally selective , it was the times. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Otto Preminger

Director

Joan Crawford

Daisy Kenyon

Dana Andrews

Dan O'Mara

Henry Fonda

Peter Lapham

Ruth Warrick

Lucille O'Mara

Martha Stewart

Mary Angelus

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Synopsis Daisy Kenyon (Joan Crawford) is an artist living in Manhattan. She is in love with Dan (Dana Andrews), a busy lawyer who is unhappily married to the volatile Lucille (Ruth Warrick). While Daisy waits for Dan to get a divorce, she begins seeing Peter (Henry Fonda), a veteran recently returned from World War II. After Dan leaves town for a few weeks to defend a dispossessed Japanese-American, Daisy impetuously marries Peter. When Dan returns, the complicated affairs become even more tangled.
Director
Otto Preminger
Producer
Otto Preminger
Screenwriter
David Hertz
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 27, 1947, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 11, 2010
Runtime
1h 39m
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